RUSSELL CEMETERY, junction of Dee Solomon aka Bee Springs Rd & Loyd Rd., LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area photo views of the Russell Cemetery:7144/7159/7176/7177/fieldstone marked graves:7171W/7171WL

CARDIN, William Kirk, Son of J.K. & M.M. Cardin, Dec 21, 1873 - Feb 21, 1878 7149C/7149/7152
MERRELL, William M., Jan 24, 1817 - Oct 30, 1881 (Inscription very weak not sure about the "M" in "Wm M" or birth year.) 7150C/7150/7151
MERRELL, Charlie May, Dau of R.D.& F.J. Merrell, Oct 8, 1874 - Apr 20, 1877 (misplaced stone) 7139/7140
MERRELL, George Washington, Son of William & Charlotte Merrell, Feb 25, 1843 - Sep 10, 1861, Pvt Co H 3rd Tenn Reg, died at Camp Trousdale* 7148C/7148
RUSSELL, Robert, Mar 23, 1797 - Sep 10, 1838 7135/7136/footstone over grave area near Russell Monument initials R.R.:7145/7146/locator photo:7147
RUSSELL, Asa G., Feb 19, 1825 - Sep 2, 1848 7133/7136/footstone A.G.R.:7132
RUSSELL, M.D., May 16, 1838 - May 8, 1860 7134/7136/footstone M.D.R.:7138
RUSSELL, J.G., Sep 10, 1819 - Jul 18, 1874 7141C/7141/7142
RUSSELL, Sarah E., Dau of David & R. L. Russell, Oct 11, 1841 - Jan 29, 1848. 7131
RUSSELL, Robert, Son of David & R. L. Russell, Dec 27, 1843 - Jan 20, 1848 (stone probably buried under one of several fallen trees)
RUSSELL, James M., Son of D.& R. L. Russell, Mar 8, 1850 - Apr 12, 1856 7129/7130
RUSSELL, Permelia A., Dau of D. & R. L. Russell, Apr 8, 1854 - Apr 20, 1856 7127/7128
RUSSELL, (no dates-fieldstone)

In a separate part of the cemetery these fieldstones mark graves:
D......, initials H.G.D. (B. 1868 or D. 1868-fieldstone; could be born 1867 d. 1868) 7163/7162/7171/7171W
D......, initials M.D.   (B. 1860-fieldstone; perhaps it is 1860 - 1860?.**)7165C/7165/7166/7164/7172/7171W
D......, initials M.J.D. (B. 1851-fieldstone) 7168C/7168/7167/7173/7171W
......., unknown fieldstone in this row of graves no inscription or footstone in the form of a fieldstone. 7169C/7169/7174/7171W
M......, intials J.M. (no dates-fieldstone, may contain a date and might also have had a third initial as in J.M.D.. If so these are very faint.)7170C/7170/7175/7171W

* A Confederate Training Camp where disease was common.
**I have tried carving fieldstones when I was a teen, and found there are usually spots that will not take a simple inscribed letter because the veins & various hardness resist your energy away from the letter you are trying to shape, so the usual method is to skip around trying to find a part of the stone that will allow the inscribed letter. That to me appears to be what is happening on some of these stones, but mostly with the dates. The distance between the head and footstone of these graves do not suggest they are children.

Unknown footstone (what appears to be instead of headstone) no markings: 7137/7143/7153/7160/backside:7161
Grave with Triangular shaped fieldstone at head of a grave lined with rocks. It is small - like a child: 7154/7155
Multiple graves lined and covered in various shaped stones:7156/7157/7158

Several rock outlined graves- no inscription, but some have initialed footstones indicating the Russell monument was a central stone with the graves spread around.

Photographed on a Wednesday 4 May 2016.  Mr. George Storey showed me where this cemetery is located. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. Listed on page 181 of the book Lincoln County County Cemeteries by Tim & Helen Marsh, abt 1978. Added here 11 May 2016.